How to prevent "shackel flip" with leveling jacks?

Buckeye Chuck wrote:

MC9 wrote:
I had a shackle "flip" coming down I-75 in Ohio. We gotta fix these roads!!

If you think the roads in Ohio are bad then you must HATE the roads in Michigan at least the ones that are paved. The roads in Ohio are paved not wash board gravel roads that are so prevalent in Michigan and appear without any warning.

Yeah, like right in the middle of interstates! (Personally observed in July!!)

MC9 wrote:
I had a shackle "flip" coming down I-75 in Ohio. We gotta fix these roads!!

If you think the roads in Ohio are bad then you must HATE the roads in Michigan at least the ones that are paved. The roads in Ohio are paved not wash board gravel roads that are so prevalent in Michigan and appear without any warning.

I had a shackle "flip" coming down I-75 in Ohio. We gotta fix these roads!!

I have the 4 point ground control and in the lippert documentation it does say not to have tires off the ground. This might be the reason. For me the trick to that is once the trailer is unhooked and truck moved away to lower the front end to level then put down the back jacks and hit auto level. This has worked every time.

C Schomer wrote:
Does it have shocks? My shocks prevent that. Craig

X2 My shocks are good for limiting the droop as well as being shocks....

Housted

relaxin wrote:
get ready,,,,,,
"you will destroy your trailer by liftng off the ground like that" "and the whole world will come to an end, camping as you know it will cease to exist"

LOL!!

are you ready for it,,,

its not me, its the "others" that will be here soon to do the "anti lifting of the trailer" chant

I was expecting that too. Some would suggest that the frame will end up in a big V by jacking.

Does it have shocks? My shocks prevent that. Craig

get ready,,,,,,
"you will destroy your trailer by liftng off the ground like that" "and the whole world will come to an end, camping as you know it will cease to exist"

LOL!!

are you ready for it,,,

its not me, its the "others" that will be here soon to do the "anti lifting of the trailer" chant

Install limiting straps on the axles to keep them from drooping too far.
Maybe, just maybe something could be welded to the shackle or to the pivot to keep it from dropping too far.
A longer shackle or a longer pivot would prevent this from happening as well; using a longer shackle would lower the trailer ride height by half of the added length (a shackle 2 inches longer would drop the trailer ride height by 1").

After my thinking while typing all this, I would try for a longer pivot first. This would move cause the shackle to be more vertical with a load on the suspension, and less likely to turn horizontal when an axle droops (or rides over a curb).